CC RESOLUTION 4292 -. a ( )
RESOLUTION NO. 429
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO THE TERMO COMPANY A PERMIT FOR THAT
CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED
AND KNOWN AS "TERMO -ELSIE #1".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, by THE TERMO COMPANY, for a permit
for that certain oil well within said City, hereinafter
referred to;
AND, WHER,4'AS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City is disposed to
grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, regulations
and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That The Termo Company is hereby
licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for the purpose
of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon substances,
and also to install and operate the necessary drilling equip-
ment therein for the purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas
or other hydrocarbon substances, a nd also to install and
operate the necessary machinery and equipment for operating
the said well.
SECTION 2. That said license or permit shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions, requirements,
and regulations set forth in the following form of permit
issued to the said licensee. The said form of permit is
as follows:
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"P E R M I T
TEIS IS TO CERTIFY that The Termo Company, under
date of November 24, 19370 by the legislative body of the
City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali-
fornia, was granted permission to erect one derrick for the
purpose of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon
substances, and also to install and overate the necessary
drilling equipment therein for the purpose of drilling a
well for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances, and also
to install and operate the necessary machinery and equip-
ment for operating said well u -on the following express
terms and conditions, each and every one of which must be
observed and performed promptly by the licensee (whenever
the same become applicable) in order to keep this permit
in full and continuing force and effect.
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant structures
shall be erected on the following described real property
located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, to -wit:
On a portion of Lot 172, in Block 123,
E1 Segundo Sheet No. 6, in the City of
E1 Segundo, as per map recorded in Book
22, Pages 106 and 107, of Maps, Records
of Los Angeles County, California. Said
well to be located at a point 57 feet
easterly of the center line of California
Street and 337.40 feet southerly of the
center line of Pine Avenue,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "TERMO -ELSIE #1 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City o
El Segundo, California, the full amount of any license fee
which may now or hereafter be reasonably required under the
ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations of the
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legislative body thereof, and which applies to or has
reference to any such derrick or well, and which said
license fee, if and when provided for, must continue to
be paid as long as drilling operations, drilling, mining,
pumping or other operations in and about said derrick or
well continue, including the production therefrom of oil,
gas or other hydrocarbon substances from a flowing well,
and as long as such derrick remains standing, and the same
shall be promptly paid as the same becomes due and payable
to said City. No fee or license fee paid, or any part
thereof, shall be refunded.
Third: Said derrick and/or any appurtenant
structure shall not be erected nearer than ten feet to the
nearest property line of any public, street, avenue or high-
way, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any existing dwelling,
except upon the written permission of the owner of such
dwelling, duly signed and filed with the Building Inspector
of said City.
Fourth: Licensee agrees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of
said well for the use of said City in ascertaining the
possibilities for a municipal water supply within the
district to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet,
and thereafter said licensee shall, if requested notify the
said City of any water strata encountered and recorded by
it, and the depth thereof.
Fifth: The said licensee shall, on request of
the legislative body of sail City, route all heavy materials
and heavy loads of materials brought to or from said well,
over such streets as the said legislative body may direct;
provided, however,that such streets shall be appropriately
posted, at the expense of said City.
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Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or derricks
used in tonne -tion with such well will be allowed to remain
upon the premises where same is located for a longer period
than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seventh: That upon abandonment of any well drilled
under this permit, the-same shall be filled or
according to good mining; practice, the derrick
the premises cleaned up and restored as nearly
to their condition as they existed at the time
of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall
plugged
removed and
as possible
of the granting_
not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substance
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways,
of the said City of 1 Segundo, California, unless by further
permit in writing from the legislative body o° said City
first had ana obtained; provided, however, that the licensee
will pay to said City, immediately upon demand therefor, the
full amount of any and all damage which may be occasioned to
any of such streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways, by
reason of a violation of the provisions of this section
whether such violation was willful, negligent or otherwise.
Ninth: The licensee does hereby further agree to
erect at its own cost and expense such embankments, sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in order to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives and
property of persons in the vicinity.
Tenth: Said licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California, re-
lating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of 7;l Segundo, California,
relatinL thereto.
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Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely repaired
to the satisfaction of the street Superintendent of the City
of 31 Segu do, California, any and all damage to any public
street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place within the said
City which may be occasioned by it or by any of its ag,entc
or employees, in or by reason of the transportation of
materials or supplies, or equipment, or production, either
to or from the said derrick or well, or by reason of any
overflow therefrom. Said licensee shall also cooperate with
the authorities of said City of E1 Segundo, in the appre-
hension of any other persons daina;ing public property, upon
delivering materials, equipment, sup-lies or production,
either to or from the said well.
Twelfth: That the said licensee shall at all
times during the construction and operation of the said
well permit the Chief of Police of said City and his
officers, the City Engineer of said City and /or his
authorized deputy, and the Chief of the Fire Department
of said City and his duly authorized assistants, to enter
upon the said premises and into the said derrick at their
own risk, so far as licensee is concerned, and the said
Chief of Police and his officers, the City Engineer and his
deputy and the Chief of the Fire Department and his assist-
ants, shall nave free and unmolested right to so enter upon
the said premises an,� into the said derrick and structures
appurtenant thereto, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
or not all of the terms and conditions of this permit are
being observed and kept by said licensee.
Thirteenth: All of the terms and conditions herein
stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of said City,
are required for the purpose of protecting the public peace,
health, safety and welfare of the said City of E1 Segundo,
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and particularly that portion of the public residing in the
vicinity of the proposed well herein referred to, and the
licensee above named by accepting; this permit and electing
to operate under the same, hereby acquiesces in the findings
of the said legislative body in such regard, and further agrees
to each, all and every one of the terms and conditions set
fortis in this permit and promises and agrees to perform each
and all of them on its part to be kept and performed.
Fourteenth: This permit is not assignable except
by written consent of the legislative body of the said City
Of Ell Segundo, California, first had and obtained; or except
to a subsidiary or parent corporation of the licensee, but -jo
such assignment shall operate to relieve the licensee herein
from any obligations imposed or created heroin without the
consent of such legislative body first had and obtaine(', nor
shall any such assignment be operative for any purpose unless
and until such assignee shall have filed its written accept-
ance of the terms and conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes auto-
matically void unless the derrick to be erected hereunder
is so erected and completed within sixty days from date
hereof, unless a further extension of time within which to
complete the same is granted in writing by the legislative
body of said City.
Sixteenth: Nothing in this permit contained shall
be construed as limiting or abridgin- the power or rights of
the legislative body of said City to prescribe more or less
stringent provisions in any future permit which may be granted
by said legislative body within said City.
Seventh: Any notice to be given under the
provi-
sions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if deposited in
the United States post office at either Long Beach, California,
or E1 Segundo, California, postage prepaid, addressed to the
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licensee or the City of El Segundo, California, as the case
may be, as follows:
The City of El Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
El Segundo, California,
and as to the licensee:
The Termo Company,
3275 Cherry Avenue,
Long Beach, California,
The dap of actual service as contemplated herein shall be
construed to be the day following that upon which such notice
is actually deposited in the post office.
h'ihteenth: The City Council reserves the right
upon ten days notice to licensee of the breach of any of the
terms and /or conditions herein set forth, and the failure
of licensee to remedy any such breach within said period to
cancel and revoke this permit forthwith and without any
liability therefor on the part of said 1.ity, or any of its
officers or agents.
Nineteenth: It is further agreed and made a parti-
cular condition hereof that the said derrick will be actually
located and constructed, fully rigged and with necessary
appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc., required to
efficiently operate same, within sixty days from date hereof,
and that said well will be actually spudded in within ninety
days from date hereof, and that same will be diligently and
continuously operated thereafter, with full crews, until
same is completed or finally abandoned.
Twentieth: The derrick of the said well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in letters
not less than two inches in height, visible from two differ-
ent sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the
name of such well and the name of the permittee of such
well.
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IN WITNESS WEER -POF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of November,
A. )., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST;
City Clerk
(SEAL)
a o rte^
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Building Inspector of the City
of El Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California
November _, 1937.
THE TERMO COMPANY, Licensee above named, does hereby
consent to all of the conditions, agreements, terms and re-
quirements set forth in the foregoing permit, does hereby
agree to same and does hereby further promise and agree to
observe and abide by the same and each and all of them on
its part to be kept and performed, and does hereby positively
state and declare that this consent and agreement is supported
by an adequate and valuable consideration passing to it,
receipt of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
TH TERMO COMPANY.
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
of El Segundo, California. "
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the City
of El Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and instructed
to issue the said permit hereinabove referred to to said
licensee, and the City Clerk of said City is hereby authorized
and instructed to attest the same and to affix the official
seal of said City thereto, upon receipt of a duplicate copy
of the said form of permit duly executed on the part of said
City and accepted in writing by The Termo Company, in the
form of acceptance hereinabove set forth and which constitutes
a part of the consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause
the original of the same to be entered in the book of
resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings
of the lity Council of said City in the minutes of the
meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 24th day of
November, A. 0., 1937.
AT EST:
City Clark
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELS, ) SS.
CITY 00 EL SEOUND';. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the (7ity Council of the said lity is
five] that the foregoin7 resolution, being Resolution No.
429, was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the mayor of said llty, and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting
of the said Council held on the 24th day of November, A. D.,
1937, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby aid IMayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
t�rk of t e y of
El Segundo, Calii'ornia.
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